Amy Booth

Bolivia

Racism, Sexism, and Politics Fueled Massacres in Bolivia, Says Report

The former interim president Jeanine Áñez could face trial for the abuses.
Amy Booth
8.18.21
Paraguay

Tiny Guerrilla Group Behind Wave of Kidnappings and Killings in Paraguay

Despite the recent attacks, government neglect, poverty and repression by agribusiness lead some communities to offer “tacit support” to guerrillas.
Amy Booth
8.4.21
argentina

Inside An Illegal Government Spy Ring in Argentina

“Spying against families who are looking for their loved ones, and on social organizations like soup kitchens, that’s incomprehensible.”
Amy Booth
5.24.21

How Legalizing Cocaine's Base Ingredient Could Save Indigenous Lives

A top presidential candidate has proposed bolstering the country’s tiny existing legal coca industry in an effort to help reduce harm to locals in the major cocaine producing nation.
Amy Booth
5.18.21
Bolivia

Argentina and Bolivia Are Done With the 'Looting' IMF

Bolivia has returned “irregular” credit to the institution, and Argentina has launched a criminal investigation into a massive 2018 loan.
Amy Booth
3.5.21
argentina

Argentina Could Be the Best Place in the Americas to Get Your Period 

It’s about bloody time. Argentina could grant students the right to a day off a month to deal with their periods.
Amy Booth
2.22.21
argentina

Argentina Convicts Eight Men of Crimes Against Humanity During “Dirty War”

The decision concerns abhorrent human rights abuses at an infamous dictatorship-era detention center.
Amy Booth
2.19.21
argentina

The Last Wild Jaguar in Argentina's El Impenetrable National Park Just Had Sex

Biologists set him up on a historic blind date, and he thinks she’s purrfect.
Amy Booth
12.4.20
Bolivia

'We Aren't Terrorists': Coca Farmers Are Relieved Bolivia's New Government Is Leaving Them Alone

They spent the past year being “satanized” by a conservative interim government.
Amy Booth
11.20.20
Weed

Free Medical Marijuana Will Be Available to the Uninsured in Argentina

Plenty of Argentines used medical cannabis already, but new regulations mean they won’t go to jail for it and they can get it for free.
Amy Booth
11.13.20
argentina

Argentina Just Bulldozed a Camp Filled With Families Made Homeless by COVID

The government cleared out thousands of people, who claim they have nowhere else to go, to honor a private property deal.
Amy Booth
Natalie Alcoba
10.29.20
Bolivia

‘It Will Be My Government’: Bolivia’s New Socialist President-Elect Says ‘No Role’ for Evo Morales

Morales, currently in exile, ruled Bolivia for 14 years. His party made an astonishing comeback in elections last week, but the victor Luis Arce is promising a break with the past. Newer, younger voices are standing in the wings.
Amy Booth
10.23.20
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